Gary Carrion-Murayari Kraus Family Curator New Museum Gary Carrion-Murayari is Kraus Family Curator at the New Museum. Since joined the staff in 2010, Carrion-Murayari has curated monographic exhibitions of a number of artists including Phyllida Barlow, Nathalie Djurberg, Ellen Gallagher, Haroon Mirza and Jim Shaw. He has also co-curated group exhibitions such as ‘Ghosts in the Machine,’(2012) ‘NYC 1993’(2013) and ‘Here and Elsewhere’(2014). Carrion-Murayari worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 2003 to 2010, where he organized solo exhibitions including Elad Lassry and Karthik Pandian, and co-curated exhibitions such as ‘Television Delivers People’ (2007) and ‘Progress’ (2008). He co-curated the 2010 Whitney Biennial with Francesco Bonami. He has contributed numerous exhibitions catalogues and art magazines, and has edited several New Museum catalogues. Donate Now Since 1988

Bea Scaccia Artist Beatrice Scaccia (b. 1978, Frosinone, Italy, lives and works in New York) is an artist and writer. Her visual works, which take the form of drawings, paintings, and digital animations, explore the absurdity of the human condition. She has had solo exhibitions at venues including the Katonah Museum of Art, New York (2021); Cuchifritos Gallery, New York (2014); and Ugo Ferranti Gallery, Rome (2010). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Magazzino Italian Art, New York (2020); The Center for the less Good Idea, Johannesburg (2020); American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C. (2016); and AIR Gallery, New York (2011), among others. Her work is included in several public and private collections, including the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Portland Museum of Art. Donate Now Since 1988

Open Studio [May 18] Free Community Artmaking Thursday, May 18, 2023 3 PM to 5 PM Pier 57 Pier 57, 11th Avenue, New York, NY, USA Media Inquiries: adam@culturalcounsel.com RSVP Open Studio invites children to explore hands-on projects across a wide range of artistic disciplines. Each month, CMA artists will bring special programming geared for children while caregivers are welcome to enjoy the extraordinary setting of Pier 57 in the adjacent Family Living Room. This program is recommended for children ages 7-11. Registation opens each Friday for the following week's classes. Children's Museum of the Arts' Open Studio at Pier 57 is generously supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, First Republic Bank, The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Google Community Grants Fund, Amazon, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Hammitt, and the Viniar Family Foundation. Donate Now